A decision to hire or not hire a permanent front desk person was sent to the Budget and Administration Committee for further study after a lengthy discussion by the Cameron Park Community Services District Board of Directors on Feb. 20. The district currently uses temporary help to cover the front desk. General Manager Mary Cahill [...]
EDDOG close to reaching funding goal With a little more help needed, soon Fido and Fifi will sniff and run free in the half-acre, off-leash dog park currently under construction at Hacienda Park in Cameron Park. “EDDOG is approximately $5,000 away from the $45,000 needed to build out Hacienda Park,” said El Dorado Dog owners [...]
The following information was taken from El Dorado County sheriff’s reports: Faceless Feb. 20: Someone took the stereo faceplate from a vehicle parked on Governor Drive. Unknown caller Feb. 21: A thief stole a cell phone on Post Street. Busted Feb. 21: A 22-year-old man reportedly broke a window in his parent’s Shoreline Pointe home [...]
Spring is just around the corner. Time to spruce up the winter-worn garden. On Tuesday, March 12, Juliet from El Juliet from El Dorado Nursery will help guests at the monthly Coffee, Tea and Friends program create a “green” garden from their old junk. The “Let’s recycle something old into something new” program will be held from 10 to 11:30 [...]
Shingle Springs resident Monica Joy has an invisible illness — invisible to people who see her smiling face; invisible to insurance companies; invisible because of its rarity to most of the medical community; invisible to research. But superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) and intestinal dysmotility, a life-threatening condition that only 500 people have been diagnosed with [...]
The first Jacob Fine Memorial Scholarship will be awarded May 2 at the Ponderosa Scholarship Night. Jacob Fine attended Ponderosa High School from 2002-06. He generously served his school as a commissioner, in student leadership and on the snowboarding team. He brought humor and intellectual gifts to the classroom and was known as a friend to [...]
Join Sierra Wildlife Rescue to learn more about wildlife through upcoming classes. March classes for prospective rehabbers include Songbird First Aid on March 12 from 7 to 9 p.m.; Rehabbing Rabbits on March 16 from 1 to 3 p.m.; Rehabbing Raptors on March 27 from 7 to 9 p.m.; and Rehabbing Waterfowl and Game Birds on March [...]
